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Proxmox server monitoring (self.selfhosted)

submitted 6 months ago by robalees to c/selfhosted

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Hey everyone

I've got an old Mac Mini running Proxmox, right now all it has is a LXC for Plex and a Debian VM for Docker (OpenVPN/Transmission and Screeps server).

What is everyone's preferred monitoring solution?

I'm mostly interested in getting easy access to syslogs, seeing CPU/RAM/Disk space for the Proxmox host, VM and LXC. I have a Mac app called Daisy Disk that shows me all my data on my disk in a nice UI, something with similar capability would be great.

I randomly installed Netdata, didn't love it. Ran into issues with Cockpit and gave up, but I'd try it again if it's considered the best. But I'd love to hear options, preferably with minimal setup and maintenance (wish is probably wishful thinking). Don't hate Proxmox VE, but I feel like I can do better.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Netdata for me, it reports stats and metrics for VMs and containers too, automatically, and it's easy to install in Proxmox.

[–] vegetaaaaaaa 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Netdata can also expose metrics to prometheus which you can then use in Grafana for more advanced/customizable dashboards https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/exporting-metrics/prometheus

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

@yamdwich can netdata be self hosted?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Yes, it has a local webui by default. You don't have to connect it to their cloud, though I do because it's free and lets me get notifications if something goes offline.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I use Prometheus, Grafana and the proxmox exporter.

Important to note that I run this on a separate machine, not on the proxmox server itself!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I’ve used influx and grafana in the past

There are some good options here for further reading

[–] Krafting 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I use grafana that gets data from a Zabbix server and also a proxmox exporter for prometheus, most VM also have a zabbix agent, mainly to monitor disk usage.

[–] peregus 2 points 6 months ago

It's also possible to use Telegraf. I use it on different machines that sends data to InfluxDB that are displayed with Grafana

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Im a nagios head here

[–] pax0707 2 points 6 months ago

Zabbix for everything here.

[–] ikidd 2 points 6 months ago

I use the HACS integration in Home Assistant. Then I can build automation based on events to notify, restart VMs, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Do a search for 'Lm-sensors proxmox'